floor

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: flooring level storey story base trading floor shock ball over blow out of the water take aback deck coldcock

WordNet 3.0

Noun (10)

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)“they needed rugs to cover the bare floors”“we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent”Synonyms: flooring
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale“what level is the office on?”Synonyms: level storey story
a lower limit“the government established a wage floor”Synonyms: base
the ground on which people and animals move about“the fire spared the forest floor”
the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
the lower inside surface of any hollow structure“the floor of the pelvis”“the floor of the cave”
the occupants of a floor“the whole floor complained about the lack of heat”
the parliamentary right to address an assembly“the chairman granted him the floor”
the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business“there was a motion from the floor”
a large room in a exchange where the trading is done“he is a floor trader”Synonyms: trading floor

Verb (2)

surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off“I was floored when I heard that I was promoted”Synonyms: shock ball over blow out of the water take aback
knock down with force“He decked his opponent”Synonyms: deck coldcock dump knock down

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Floor \Floor\ (fl[=o]r), n. [AS. fl[=o]r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl[=o]r floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.]

1.The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported. [1913 Webster]

2.The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2. [1913 Webster]

3.The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge. [1913 Webster]

4.A story of a building. See Story. [1913 Webster]

5.(Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak; as, the gentleman from Iowa has the floor. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house. [1913 Webster]

6.(Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. [1913 Webster]

7.(Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]

Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth.

Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position.

Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor.

Floor plan. (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house. [1913 Webster]

Floor \Floor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring.]

1.To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards. [1913 Webster]

2.To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent. [1913 Webster]

Floored or crushed by him.— Coleridge.[1913 Webster]

3.To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

I've floored my little-go work.— T. Hughes.[1913 Webster]